Roger (Caller from Kansas City)

I mean, that's just the way that the media worked back then, right? Like, I mean, the internet was still rising up, and you had to fight in the mainstream media, right? Like, you had to fight for literal, like, Channel 7 news sometimes. Like, I remember that was a big deal when I would watch the news every single night with my mom, and there was, like, one video game story a week, pretty much.

I mean, that's just the way that the media worked back then, right? Like, I mean, the internet was still rising up, and you had to fight in the mainstream media, right? Like, you had to fight for literal, like, Channel 7 news sometimes. Like, I remember that was a big deal when I would watch the news every single night with my mom, and there was, like, one video game story a week, pretty much.

And it was sometimes Xbox announcing something, or PlayStation doing something, or GTA violence, and fucking... What was that guy's name? Was it Jack Trennan? It was the guy that would be like, oh, video games are destroying the world, and he was...

And it was sometimes Xbox announcing something, or PlayStation doing something, or GTA violence, and fucking... What was that guy's name? Was it Jack Trennan? It was the guy that would be like, oh, video games are destroying the world, and he was...

jack tronin's uh um was he playstation oh fuck it was another jack i think whatever it was one of those guys uh but yeah he's so right there and i it is interesting and i think it's very he's very correct like yeah absolutely xbox if they can wave a magic wand to be like if we could just stop making consoles and everybody wouldn't be mad at us i'm sure they would i'm sure they would just stop making consoles but you know you know i don't

jack tronin's uh um was he playstation oh fuck it was another jack i think whatever it was one of those guys uh but yeah he's so right there and i it is interesting and i think it's very he's very correct like yeah absolutely xbox if they can wave a magic wand to be like if we could just stop making consoles and everybody wouldn't be mad at us i'm sure they would i'm sure they would just stop making consoles but you know you know i don't

I think it's less about the gamer outrage on the internet and it's just more of the burnt goodwill that they've already created with generations of Xbox fans. I think if they could wave a magic wand and be like, that doesn't exist and let's just release on everything. We don't have to incur the cost of creating hardware and R&D and doing all of that.

I think it's less about the gamer outrage on the internet and it's just more of the burnt goodwill that they've already created with generations of Xbox fans. I think if they could wave a magic wand and be like, that doesn't exist and let's just release on everything. We don't have to incur the cost of creating hardware and R&D and doing all of that.

i i just think that every move that microsoft's made and continues to make like i think it points to they do have value in it it's just they're they're never gonna win they're never gonna be number one in this in the hardware yeah sense and that's why yeah they focus on cloud streaming and everything exactly yeah and yeah this is a really good interview and i'm excited to listen to the entire thing uh so shout out to um to danny pena and uh paris over there for making this happen very cool but

i i just think that every move that microsoft's made and continues to make like i think it points to they do have value in it it's just they're they're never gonna win they're never gonna be number one in this in the hardware yeah sense and that's why yeah they focus on cloud streaming and everything exactly yeah and yeah this is a really good interview and i'm excited to listen to the entire thing uh so shout out to um to danny pena and uh paris over there for making this happen very cool but

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We are back with story number three. Plus four. He's fucking here. He's got it. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Plus 4 is making a big change to how THPS 4 works. This is from Zach Zweizen at Kotaku. Is there a better way that I could say THPS 4? I guess I could just say THPS, right?

We are back with story number three. Plus four. He's fucking here. He's got it. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Plus 4 is making a big change to how THPS 4 works. This is from Zach Zweizen at Kotaku. Is there a better way that I could say THPS 4? I guess I could just say THPS, right?

Just Pro Skater? Okay.

Just Pro Skater? Okay.

Really? Okay, I'm not going to be a coward either. I'm going to say THPS. I mean, you can say whatever. Listen.

Really? Okay, I'm not going to be a coward either. I'm going to say THPS. I mean, you can say whatever. Listen.

If the Tony Hawk guy is telling me to say THPS, I'm going to say Tony Hawk.

If the Tony Hawk guy is telling me to say THPS, I'm going to say Tony Hawk.